Surgery and Soda Pop
Season 2 Episode 3 | 24m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Chef Staib prepares Smoked Brook Trout on Potato Pancakes, Coq Au Vin Chicken, and Brussel
Dr. Philip Syng Physick is considered the father of American surgery. His string of innovations include using cat gut for sutures and inventing the tool still used today for performing tonsillectomies! But Dr. Physick also came up with the idea of flavoring carbonated water, something we now call soda pop!
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
A Taste of History is a local public television program presented by WHYY
Surgery and Soda Pop
Season 2 Episode 3 | 24m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Dr. Philip Syng Physick is considered the father of American surgery. His string of innovations include using cat gut for sutures and inventing the tool still used today for performing tonsillectomies! But Dr. Physick also came up with the idea of flavoring carbonated water, something we now call soda pop!
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch A Taste of History
A Taste of History is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
- Home and How To
Hit the road in a classic car for a tour through Great Britain with two antiques experts.
Support for PBS provided by:
A Taste of History is a local public television program presented by WHYY